9BDelegations by Presiding Officers

9B Delegations by Presiding Officers

(1) The President or the Speaker or the President and the Speaker, as the case may be, may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him or her or them, as the case may be, delegate to an officer or employee of the Parliament, any of his or her or their powers, as the case may be, as an approving authority under this Act or under the regulations, other than this power of delegation. (2) A power delegated under subsection (1), when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the President or the Speaker or the President and the Speaker, as the case may be. (3) A delegation under subsection (1) does not prevent the exercise by the President or the Speaker or the President and the Speaker, as the case may be, of the power to which the delegation relates. (4) The reference in subsection (1) to an officer or employee of the Parliament is a reference to the following: (a) the Clerk of the Senate; (b) the Clerk of the House of Representatives; (c) the Secretary of another Department of the Parliament established under section 54 of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999; (ca) the Parliamentary Budget Officer appointed under section 64X of that Act; (d) the Parliamentary Librarian appointed under section 38C of that Act; (e) a person engaged as an employee under section 22 of that Act.